Paul Anka discography

Paul Anka in 1961

This is the discography of Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Label Format Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1] 		CAN
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		UK
[4]
1958 Paul Anka ABC Paramount LP — — — —
1959 My Heart Sings ABC Paramount LP, CD — — — —
1960 Swings For Young Lovers ABC Paramount LP, CD — — — —
1961 It's Christmas Everywhere ABC Paramount LP — — — —
1962 Young, Alive and In Love! RCA Victor LP 61 — — —
Let's Sit This One Out RCA Victor LP 137 — — —
1963 3 Great Guys (Paul Anka, Sam Cooke and Neil Sedaka) RCA Victor LP — — — —
Italiano RCA Victor LP — — — —
1964 A casa nostra (Sung in Italian) RCA Victor (Italy) LP — — — —
1966 Strictly Nashville RCA Victor LP — — — —
1968 Goodnight My Love RCA Victor LP 101 — — —
1969 Life Goes On RCA Victor LP 194 — — —
1972 Paul Anka Buddah LP, CD 188 46 — —
Jubilation Buddah LP, CD 192 — — —
1974 Anka United Artists LP, CD 9 4 38 —
  • RIAA: Gold
1975 Feelings United Artists LP, CD 36 20 — —
Times of Your Life (9 of 10 cuts from previous 2 albums) United Artists LP 22 — — —
  • RIAA: Gold
1976 The Painter United Artists LP, CD 85 16 — —
1977 The Music Man United Artists LP 195 47 — —
1978 Listen to Your Heart RCA LP, CD 179 — — —
1979 Headlines RCA LP, CD — 69 — —
1981 Both Sides of Love RCA LP 171 — — —
1983 Walk a Fine Line Columbia LP, CD 156 — — —
1987 Freedom For The World (titled Freedom in Canada) A&M Records LP, CD — — — —
1989 Somebody Loves You Polydor CD — — — —
1996 Amigos (Duets in Spanish) Sony CD — — — —
2005 Rock Swings Verve CD 120 — — 9
2007 Classic Songs, My Way Decca CD 139 — — 13
2011 Songs of December Decca CD — — — —
2013 Duets Sony CD 95 — — —
2021 Making Memories Green Hill CD — — — —
2021 Sessions Green Hill CD — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Year Title Label Format Peak chart positions
US
[7] 		AUS
[3]
1959 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15 ABC Paramount CD, LP 4 —
1961 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 2 ABC Paramount LP 72 —
1962 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15, Vol. 3 ABC Paramount LP — —
1962 Diana ABC Paramount CD, LP — —
1963 Paul Anka's 21 Golden Hits RCA Victor CD, LP 65 —
1969 Diana: Paul Anka Sings His Greatest Hits RCA Victor LP — —
1978 Paul Anka's Golden Hits Hammard LP — 57
1987 Jubilation (15 song compilation) Garland CD — —
1989 30th Anniversary Collection Rhino CD — —
1991 Five Decades Greatest Hits Curb CD — —
1992 Classic Hits Curb CD — —
1992 My Greatest Songs RCA CD — —
1993 In the 70s RCA CD — —
1996 A Golden Hour of Paul Anka LaserLight CD — —
1996 Best of the United Artist Years 1973-1977 EMI CD — —
1999 Essential RCA Rock and Roll Recordings (1962–1968) Taragon CD — —
2000 Vegas Style Taragon CD — —
2003 Absolutely the Best of Paul Anka: The 70s EMI CD — —
2011 25 Grandes Exitos Bear Family CD — —
2013 Dianacally Yours Bear Family CD — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Title Label Format US
[8]
1960 Anka at the Copa ABC Paramount LP 23

Singles

Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Chart positions Album
US CB
[9] 		US
[10] 		US
AC
[11] 		US
R&B
[12] 		UK
[4] 		Canada
CHUM
RPM 		GER ITA AUS
1956 "I Confess"
b/w "Blau-Wile-Deveest-Fontaine" 		— — — — — — — — — Non-album tracks
1957 "Diana"
b/w "Don't Gamble with Love" (from Paul Anka Sings His Big 15) 		2 1 — 1 1 1 2 — 1 Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount album)
"I Love You, Baby" / 48 97 — — 3 20 — — 19 Paul Anka Sings His Big 10
"Tell Me That You Love Me" — — — — 25 10 — — — Big 15, Volume 2
1958 "You Are My Destiny"
b/w "When I Stop Loving You (That'll Be the Day)"
(from Big 15, Volume 2) 		9 7 — 14 6 2
39 		— — 13 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
"Crazy Love" / 36 15 — — 26 — — — —
"Let the Bells Keep Ringing" 24 16 — — — 4 — — 19 Big 15, Volume 2
"Midnight"
b/w "Verboten! (Forbidden)" (non-album track) 		— 69 — — 26 17 — — 32 Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
"Just Young"
b/w "So It's Goodbye" (from My Heart Sings) 		28 80 — — — — — 15 41 Big 15 Volume 2
"The Teen Commandments"
(with George Hamilton IV and Johnny Nash)
b/w "If You Learn to Pray" (by Don Costa's Orchestra and Chorus) 		46 29 — — — 14 — — 41 Non-album tracks
"(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings"
b/w "That's Love" (from Paul Anka Sings His Big 15) 		12 15 — — 10 14 7 9 8 My Heart Sings
1959 "I Miss You So"
b/w "Late Last Night" (from Big 15, Volume 2) 		29 33 — — — 20 — 15 91
"Lonely Boy"
(from Big 15, Volume 2) 		1 1 — 6 3 2 8 2 3
"Your Love" 83 — — — — — — — — Paul Anka Sings His Big 15
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
 2 2 — 12 7 4 25 2 22
"Don't Ever Leave Me" — — — — — — — — —
"It's Time to Cry"
b/w "Something Has Changed Me" (from Big 15, Volume 2) 		6 4 — 13 28 5 — 2 18
1960 "Puppy Love" / 2 2 — — 33 4 — 3 25
"Adam and Eve" — 90 — — — 4 — 21 —
"My Home Town" / 8 8 — — — 10 — 6 20 Big 15, Volume 2
"Something Happened" 51 41 — — — — — — —
"Hello, Young Lovers" / 24 23 — — 44 5 — 13 33 Paul Anka Swings for Young Lovers
"I Love You in the Same Old Way" 86 40 — — — — — — — Big 15, Volume 2
"Summer's Gone"
b/w "I'd Have to Share" 		23 11 — 29 — 22 — — 63
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
b/w "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" 		54 104 — — — — — — — It's Christmas Everywhere
"It's Christmas Everywhere"
b/w "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" 		— — — — — — — — —
1961 "The Story of My Love" / 23 16 — — — 32 — 26 69 Big 15, Volume 2
"Don't Say You're Sorry" — 108 — — — — — — — Non-album tracks
"(You Can) Share Your Love"
b/w "I Talk to You (On the Telephone)" (promo single only) 		— — — — — — — — —
"Tonight My Love, Tonight"
b/w "I'm Just a Fool Anyway" (non-album track) 		11 13 — — — 20 — 8 29 Big 15, Volume 2
"Dance on Little Girl"
b/w "I Talk to You (On the Telephone)" (non-album track) 		12 10 — — — 22 — 12 20
"Kissin' on the Phone" / 32 35 — — — 17 — — 27 Big 15, Volume 3
"Cinderella" 73 70 — — — 17 — 12 —
"The Bells at My Wedding" / 98 104 — — — 16 — 26 —
"Loveland" 101 110 — — — — — — 78
1962 "All of Me"
b/w "I'm Coming Home" 		— — — — — — — — —
"The Fools Hall of Fame"
b/w "Far from the Lights of Town" 		107 103 — — — — — — —
"I'd Never Find Another You"
b/w "Uh Huh" 		— 106 — — — — — — —
"I'm Coming Home"
b/w "Cry" 		— 94 — — — — — — —
"Love Me Warm and Tender"
b/w "I'd Like to Know" (non-album track) 		12 12 — — 19 14 45 — 30 Remember Diana
"A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine"
b/w "I Never Knew Your Name" (non-album track) 		22 13 — — 41 17 35 — 32
104 — — — — — — — —
"Every Night (Without You)"
b/w "There You Go" 		52 46 — — — — — — 50 Non-album tracks
"Eso Beso (That Kiss)"
b/w "Give Me Back My Heart" (non-album track) 		24 19 — — — 11 14 23 18 Remember Diana
1963 "Love (Makes the World Go Round)"
b/w "Crying in the Wild" (non-album track) 		30 26 — — — — — — 47
"Remember Diana"
b/w "At Night" (non-album track) 		35 39 — — — — 42 — 79
"Hello Jim"
b/w "You've Got the Nerve to Call This Love" 		90 97 — — — — 46 — — Non-album tracks
"Hurry Up and Tell Me"
b/w "Wondrous Are the Ways of Love" 		97 — — — — — — — —
"Did You Have a Happy Birthday?"
b/w "For No Good Reason at All" 		110 89 — — — — — — —
1964 "From Rocking Horse to Rocking Chair"
b/w "Cheer Up" 		— — — — — — — — —
"My Baby's Comin' Home"
b/w "No, No" (from 3 Great Guys) 		— 113 — — — — — — —
"In My Imagination"
b/w "It's Easy to Say" 		— — — — — — — — —
"Ogni Volta (Every Time)"
b/w "Cindy Go Home" (non-album track) 		— — — — — — — — — A Casa Nostra
1965 "Sylvia"
b/w "Behind My Smile" 		— — — — — — — — — Non-album tracks
"The Loneliest Boy in the World"
b/w "Dream Me Happy" 		113 — — — — — — — —
"Every Day a Heart Is Broken"
b/w "As If There Were No Tomorrow" 		— — — — — — — — —
1966 "Truly Yours"
b/w "Oh Such a Stranger" 		— — — — — — — — — Strictly Nashville
"I Wish"
b/w "I Went to Your Wedding" 		— — — — — — — — —
"I Can't Help Loving You"
b/w "Can't Get Along Very Well Without Her" 		— — — — — — — — — Non-album tracks
"Poor Old World"
b/w "I'd Rather Be a Stranger" 		— — — — — 58 — — —
1967 "Until It's Time for You to Go"
b/w "Would You Still Be My Baby" 		— — — — — — — — —
"A Woman Is a Sentimental Thing"
b/w "That's How Love Goes" 		— — — — — — — — —
1968 "Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
b/w "When We Get There" (non-album track) 		— — — — — — — — — Life Goes On
1969 "Goodnight, My Love"
b/w "This Crazy World" (non-album track) 		26 27 2 — — 23 — — — Goodnight My Love
"In the Still of the Night"
b/w "Picking Up the Pieces" 		64 64 36 — — 62 — — —
"Sincerely"
b/w "Next Year" (from Goodnight My Love) 		78 80 30 — — 75 — — — Non-album track
"Happy"
b/w "Can't Get You Out of My Mind" 		80 86 13 — — 77 — — 89 Life Goes On
1970 "Midnight Mistress"
b/w "Medley: Before It's Too Late / (Remember)
This Land Is Your Land" 		— — — — — — — — — 70's
1971 "Why Are You Leaning on Me Sir"
b/w "You're Some Kind of Friend" 		— — — — — — — — — Non-album tracks
"Do I Love You"
b/w "So Long City" (non-album track) 		38 53 14 — — 16 — — — Paul Anka (Buddah album)
1972 "Jubilation"
b/w "Everything's Been Changed"
(from Paul Anka (Buddah) album) 		58 65 — — — 27 — — — Jubilation
"Life Song"
b/w "Something Good Is Coming" 		— — — — — — — — —
1973 "While We're Still Young"
b/w "This Is Your Song" 		— — — — — 61 — — — Non-album tracks
"Hey Girl"
b/w "You and Me Today" (from Jubilation) 		— — — — — 63 — — —
"Flashback" — 100 — — — — — — —
1974 "Let Me Get to Know You"
b/w "Flashback" (non-album track) 		54 80 40 — — 13 — — — Anka
"(You're) Having My Baby" (with Odia Coates)
b/w "Papa" 		1 1 5 — 6 1 15 — 2
"One Man Woman/One Woman Man"
(with Odia Coates) b/w "Let Me Get to Know You" 		7 7 5 — — 4 — — 35
1975 "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" (with Odia Coates)
b/w "How Can Anything Be Beautiful-After You" (from Anka) 		5 8 8 — — 1 — — 74 Feelings
"(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love"
(with Odia Coates) b/w "Today I Became a Fool" 		14 15 3 — — 1 — — 83
"Times of Your Life"
b/w "Water Runs Deep" (from Feelings) 		17 7 1 — — 31 — — — Times of Your Life
1976 "Anytime (I'll Be There)"
b/w "Something About You" (from Anka) 		50 33 2 — — 56 — — — Feelings
"Make It Up to Me in Love" (with Odia Coates)
b/w "You" (by Odia Coates) 		101 — 20 — — 34 — — — Non-album tracks
"Happier"
b/w "Closing Doors" 		97 60 10 — — 46 — — — The Painter
1977 "My Best Friend's Wife"
b/w "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again
(Like I Fell in Love with You)" (from The Painter) 		74 80 41 — — 63 — — — The Music Man
"Everybody Ought to Be in Love"
b/w "Tonight" 		83 75 — — — 55 — — —
1978 "Brought Up in New York (Brought Down in L.A.)"
b/w "Love Me Lady" 		— — — — — — — — — Listen to Your Heart
"This Is Love"
b/w "I'm By Myself Again" 		70 35 3 — — 66 — — —
1979 "As Long As We Keep Believing"
b/w "Headlines" 		— — 29 — — 80 — — — Headlines
1981 "Think I'm in Love Again"
b/w "We Love Each Other" 		— — — — — — — — — Both Sides of Love
"I've Been Waiting for You All of My Life"
b/w "Think I'm in Love Again" 		63 48 16 — — — — — —
"Lady Lay Down"
b/w "You're Still a Part of Me" 		— — — — — — — — —
1983 "Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes"
b/w "This Is the First Time" 		38 40 2 — — 1 (AC) — — 49 Walk a Fine Line
1984 "Second Chance"
b/w "Walk a Fine Line" 		— — 14 — — — — — —
1996 "Diana" (with Ricky Martin) — — — — — — — — — Amigos
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "RPM Magazine search results".
  3. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 18. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ a b "Paul Anka – UK Singles Chart". Official Charts. July 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "Paul Anka - Rock Swings". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Paul Anka - My Way". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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  8. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
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  10. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
  11. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Billboard Adult Contemporary". Billboard. July 11, 2018.
  12. ^ "Paul Anka – Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. July 11, 2018.